Dr. Krisztina Ilko, a University of Cambridge academic, found herself in a medieval pickle when she got trapped in a bathroom with walls as thick as history books, news outlet BBC reported. The former Queens' College rooms, once home to the legendary Erasmus, boasted heavy wooden doors and not a single window in the loo.
Dr. Ilko, a sprightly 33, realized the latch on the hefty bathroom door had been busted by a plumber. It locked behind her on a Thursday, with the next cleaning scheduled for a distant Monday. Panic set in as she pondered her survival odds.
In a moment of genius or desperation (or both), she channeled her inner MacGyver, using an eyeliner and a cotton bud to orchestrate her escape. The eyeliner pushed down the latch, and the cotton bud was fashioned into a makeshift lock-picking tool. After seven hours of bathroom bonding, she finally broke free, leaving behind bruised shoulders and a newfound respect for medieval security systems.
Dr. Ilko joked that she almost joined Erasmus in the afterlife, becoming a ghostly legend of Cambridge. But she emerged victorious, door unlocked and dignity intact. The bathroom lock has since been removed, ensuring no one else gets trapped in a medieval time loop.
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